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BATON

5 letters

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TWL06 ✓ SOWPODS ✓ ENABLE1 ✓
Classic 2 pts
Big 2 pts
Super Big 2 pts

BATON is a valid 5-letter Boggle word. It's listed in all three major word lists — TWL06, SOWPODS, and ENABLE1. It scores 2 in Classic, 2 in Big, and 2 in Super Big Boggle.

Word family

BATONS-s 3 BATONING-ing 11 BATONED-ed 5
noun
  1. A staff or truncheon, used for various purposes.
  2. A ceremonial staff of a field marshal or a similar high-ranking military office.
  3. The stick of a conductor in musical performances.
    • The conductor raised his baton and the orchestra fell silent.
  4. An object transferred by runners in a relay race.
    • In the relay race, the runner dropped the baton.
  5. A rod twirled in a marching band's performance, in a gymnastic sport, or in juggling.
  6. USA short stout club used primarily by policemen.
    • The police officer carried a baton for self-defense.
  7. A bend with the ends cut off, resembling a baton, typically borne sinister, and often used as a mark of cadency, initially for both legitimate and illegitimate children, but later chiefly for illegitimate children.
  8. A short vertical lightweight post, not set into the ground, used to separate wires in a fence.
  9. A batonnet, a long slice of a vegetable, thicker than a julienne.
  10. A short baguette.
verb
  1. figurativelytransitiveTo strike with a baton.
    • She passed the baton to her successor after retiring.
    • accept/refuse/receive the baton